Honest discussion about the atmosphere

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Atmosphere was poorer than Gilchrist performance.
 

Let's be honest...that was not a vintage performance. We did not play particularly well, we won through a moment of quality from Hamer and a penalty that was so stonewall even David Coote coked up to his eyeballs couldn't have not given it.

Atmosphere is a 2-way thing. Give us something to shout about and we will shout. Play a turgid, defensive, timid game against a team we should be battering and it's a bit much to expect a cauldron-like atmosphere. There's a reason that a big, controversial decision gets the crowd going. A flat game, with little to get excited about, is not going to do it.
 
Super Furry Blades said:
Good point this tbf ...
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We are literally less than a week removed from playing a game when many games were called off due to stormy conditions. If we won the toss at the Hawthorns and the wind was such that, at that moment in time, there would be a distinct advantage in making West Brom attack their home end in the first half, you'd be fine with Robbo saying "nah, we'll just take the kick off, you can pick the end, home field advantage and all that"
 
Clearly the sniffer dogs did their job and we were missing our hardcpre cokeheads.

Next home game, everyone needs to bring their favourite sherbet dib dab with them and the atmosphere will be electric.

In all seriousness, I wasn't there so can't comment but considering it seemed we had more away fans at Millwall than they had home fans, we can't be that bad an atmosphere compared to some?!
 
dexter101 said:
Clearly the sniffer dogs did their job and we were missing our hardcpre cokeheads.

Next home game, everyone needs to bring their favourite sherbet dib dab with them and the atmosphere will be electric.

In all seriousness, I wasn't there so can't comment but considering it seemed we had more away fans at Millwall than they had home fans, we can't be that bad an atmosphere compared to some?!
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Millwall's home atmosphere is far better than ours.
 
ForgeBlade said:
Let's be honest...that was not a vintage performance. We did not play particularly well, we won through a moment of quality from Hamer and a penalty that was so stonewall even David Coote coked up to his eyeballs couldn't have not given it.

Atmosphere is a 2-way thing. Give us something to shout about and we will shout. Play a turgid, defensive, timid game against a team we should be battering and it's a bit much to expect a cauldron-like atmosphere. There's a reason that a big, controversial decision gets the crowd going. A flat game, with little to get excited about, is not going to do it.
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I've been hearing this for 10 years now. The Lane has been dead for a decade including when we were romping leagues and playing teams off the park.

It's actually painful it's so quiet.
 
dexter101 said:
Clearly the sniffer dogs did their job and we were missing our hardcpre cokeheads.

Next home game, everyone needs to bring their favourite sherbet dib dab with them and the atmosphere will be electric.

In all seriousness, I wasn't there so can't comment but considering it seemed we had more away fans at Millwall than they had home fans, we can't be that bad an atmosphere compared to some?!
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We took 1300 to millwall, almost everyone top of the league would take that amount and millwalls atmosphere is 20x better than ours, not even an argument.
 
FinchleyBlade said:
I've been hearing this for 10 years now. The Lane has been dead for a decade including when we were romping leagues and playing teams off the park.

It's actually painful it's so quiet.
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Bang on. It gets worse year after year, imagine if we were struggling.
 
Maybe it’s because we all know the prize for promotion is having our arses handed to us week in week out, I imagine any future promotion parades will be attended by Chrisseh, Rhian and not many others.
 
Vast majority of teams at home have similar piss poor atmospheres as ours , taking away local games etc, sign of the times.
 
I suppose it depends where in the ground you sit. At the back of the Kop there’s nearly always someone or small groups chanting and singing it creates a great atmosphere which then spreads across the back of the Kop. That’s my personal experience of atmosphere at games. The amount of noise relates to happenings on the pitch I’m not sure contriving an atmosphere with bugles, clackers, all wearing the same colour jackets ( as seems to be the case at Celtic) or even gathering like minded souls into a single standing section of the ground is a good idea.

If someone wants “atmosphere”, buy your next season ticket for a seat at the back of the Kop, perhaps quieter areas of the ground aren’t for you.
 
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FinchleyBlade said:
I've been hearing this for 10 years now. The Lane has been dead for a decade including when we were romping leagues and playing teams off the park.

It's actually painful it's so quiet.
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Not my experience to be honest, out of interest where in the ground do you sit ?
 
Oh, what an atmosphere
I love a football match with a happy atmosphere
So let me take you there
And you, and I'll be dancin' in the cool night air
 
The atmosphere was poor yesterday and has been for lots of games. It shouldn't be, but it is. We are not on our own though, the majority of grounds are like this.

I think it's a combination of all seat stadiums, season ticket proliferation, CCTV and social media. It's easier to sit quietly and clap, than vent an opinion and run the risk of being filmed and then losing your ST.

Most grounds have become the same, we are spectators now, not a crowd anymore.
 
Unless it's a big match then when we play the likes of Plymouth it's likely to be a bit quieter than normal. Expect Burnley game will be pretty good. We have decent relative history and it's a bigger game. Boxing day too.

But the other thing with us is that we tend to feed off what's on the pitch and also if we become incensed by a ref or team/player. That can push it up.

Yesterday we had none of those. We didn't kick on after hamer scored either. It was a pretty dour game.

Something I often find interesting though is away from home we have likely the same 1,000 plus who created good atmospheres up and down the country. Do some of them not bother at the lane?
 
SouthStandGBlock said:
The atmosphere was poor yesterday and has been for lots of games. It shouldn't be, but it is. We are not on our own though, the majority of grounds are like this.

I think it's a combination of all seat stadiums, season ticket proliferation, CCTV and social media. It's easier to sit quietly and clap, than vent an opinion and run the risk of being filmed and then losing your ST.

Most grounds have become the same, we are spectators now, not a crowd anymore.
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I worry about what opinions you have if venting them could lose you your season ticket!
 
SouthStandGBlock said:
The atmosphere was poor yesterday and has been for lots of games. It shouldn't be, but it is. We are not on our own though, the majority of grounds are like this.

I think it's a combination of all seat stadiums, season ticket proliferation, CCTV and social media. It's easier to sit quietly and clap, than vent an opinion and run the risk of being filmed and then losing your ST.

Most grounds have become the same, we are spectators now, not a crowd anymore.
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I'd agree with this. Id also add that I think with the proliferation of football on the TV, the way people actively watch (or not) has changed, it's become much more of a passive thing now, observing from a distance rather than actively getting involved
 
CPB said:
Something I often find interesting though is away from home we have likely the same 1,000 plus who created good atmospheres up and down the country. Do some of them not bother at the lane?
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I think the difference is that more vocal fans are concentrated away from home with the less vocal being sucked into the atmosphere and joining in - whereas at home the 1000 plus are dispersed around the ground - often surrounded by fans who can't even join in with GCB - or talk through it like the bloke who sits near me.
 
Atmosphere at lane stopped with Covid. It was a tough place to come with the atmosphere. Covid hit and it’s just never recovered. Our atmosphere is awful and one of the worst in the league. Oxford at home was a particularly bad game. We scored everyone stood and clapped like we were Fulham supporters.
 
YES Blade said:
It’s Plymouth at home, a match that everyone at the Lane expected us to win, including the Plymouth fans.

As we didn’t manage to put in an entertaining performance, the atmosphere was always going to be crap. That’s just how football is!
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It is only Plymouth, but I spoke to a few after the match who go away a lot. They commented on it being poor, and obviously that's in comparison to other teams who are playing Plymouth.
 
Bladezz said:
Atmosphere at lane stopped with Covid. It was a tough place to come with the atmosphere. Covid hit and it’s just never recovered. Our atmosphere is awful and one of the worst in the league. Oxford at home was a particularly bad game. We scored everyone stood and clapped like we were Fulham supporters.
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Agree but also think last season damaged the club more than people think.

Towards the end of last season, the gallows humour around me on the Kop was in full flow, before, during and after each home match.
Last season was totally soul destroying and quite often I questioned why I was there.
The irony is we started plenty of home matches really well being the best team, then the opposition would score from their 1st shot.

A few of us, even considered not renewing our season tickets but then decided the match day prices were so high
it made buying a season ticket a no brainer, so we all renewed.
 
Sheffsteel said:
Agree but also think last season damaged the club more than people think.

Towards the end of last season, the gallows humour around me on the Kop was in full flow, before, during and after each home match.
Last season was totally soul destroying and quite often I questioned why I was there.

A few of us, even considered not renewing our season tickets but then decided the match day prices were so high
it made buying a season ticket a no brainer, so we all renewed.
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No different to yesterday.

Moore had penalty the whole stadium was very negative. A penalty to seal the win and the atmosphere before it was the worst I’ve seen.
 
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Bladezz said:
No different to yesterday.

Moore had penalty the whole stadium was very negative. A penalty to seal the win and the atmosphere before it was the worst I’ve seen.
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Oxford worst I've seen in a league game for a long long time, yesterday was a slight upgrade on it.
 

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